A Factor-Analytic Study of Adaptive Behavior and Intellectual Functioning in Learning Disabled Children Page: 3

                                
The major conclusions of this study are as follows;
1. Factor analysis of WISC-R scaled scores for this
population yielded three factors which were described as
Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization, and Freedom
from Distractibility.
2. Factor analysis of the CI scaled scores showed it
to be predominantly a single-factor test for this population.
3. Canonical correlation analysis of combined test data
showed that factors underlying the WISC-R and CI were not
significantly interrelated.
4. Principal-factor analysis of test data from the
WISC-R and CI combined resulted in some alteration of factor
loadings, but findings were generally consistent with separate
analyses of the same data.
5. Measures of central tendency for this population for
both measures were not found to be significantly different
from those reported in the literature.
Implications and recommendations for future research
were suggested.